Quelle surprise! Fellow Repugs tossing Craig under the bus....

[marmar]

from the AP, via Yahoo:


GOP senators say Craig should resign By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
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WASHINGTON - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's political support eroded by the hour on Wednesday as fellow Republicans in Congress called for him to resign and party leaders pushed him unceremoniously from senior committee posts.

The White House expressed disappointment, too — and nary a word of support for the 62-year-old lawmaker, who pleaded guilty earlier this month to a charge stemming from an undercover police operation in an airport men's room.

Craig "represents the Republican Party," said Rep. Pete Hoekstra of Michigan, the first in a steadily lengthening list of GOP members of Congress to urge a resignation.

Craig said Tuesday he had committed no wrongdoing and shouldn't have pleaded guilty. He said he had only recently retained a lawyer to advise him in the case that threatens to write an ignominious end to a lifetime in public office.

Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Norm Coleman of Minnesota joined Hoekstra in urging Craig to step down, as did Rep. Jeff Miller of Florida.

McCain spoke out in an interview with CNN. "My opinion is that when you plead guilty to a crime, you shouldn't serve. That's not a moral stand. That's not a holier-than-thou. It's just a factual situation."

Coleman said in a written statement, "Senator Craig pled guilty to a crime involving conduct unbecoming a senator."

For a second consecutive day, GOP Senate leaders stepped in, issuing a statement that said Craig had "agreed to comply with leadership's request" to temporarily give up his posts on important committees. He has been the top Republican on the Veterans Affairs Committee as well as on subcommittees for two other panels.

"This is not a decision we take lightly, but we believe this is in the best interest of the Senate until this situation is resolved by the ethics committee," said the statement, issued in the name of Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the party leader, and others. .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_go_co/craig_arrest;_ylt=ArxKMbekT5qTNJmRRxyiPXCs0NUE

[Faygo Kid]

1. Craig is finished. He resigns on Friday is my guess.

Reminds me of Trent Lott and the whole Strom Thurmond thing. Only this guy won't keep his seat. This isn't going away. The Repukes have to get rid of him, and fast, and they are doing it now.